Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

13.701. Posthumous honours for Epicharmos son of Chrysaor

Description: White marble sarcophagus (no further description).

Text: Presumably inscribed on one face.

Letters: 0.023.

Date: First century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis: in a vineyard outside the walls

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1904)

Interpretive

ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος
ἐτείμησαν καὶ με-
τηλλαχότα ((stop)) Ἐπί-
χαρμον Χρυσάορος
5 τοῦ Ἐπιχάρμου τοῦ
Χρυσίππου ἄνδρα
φιλότειμον γενό-
μενον εἰς τὴν πα-
( vac. 5)τρίδα ( vac. 3)

Diplomatic

ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣ
ΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝΚΑΙΜΕ
ΤΗΛΛΑΧΟΤΑ ΕΠΙ
ΧΑΡΜΟΝΧΡΥΣΑΟΡΟΣ
5ΤΟΥΕΠΙΧΑΡΜΟΥΤΟΥ
ΧΡΥΣΙΠΠΟΥΑΝΔΡΑ
ΦΙΛΟΤΕΙΜΟΝΓΕΝΟ
ΜΕΝΟΝΕΙΣΤΗΝΠΑ
          ΤΡΙΔΑ      

Translation

The Council and the People honoured also after his death Epicharmos son of Chrysaor son of Epicharmos son of Chrysippos, a man who was munificent to his country.

Bibliography

Transcription: Gaudin, 1904 65

Publication: Reinach, 1906 51 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 475 ; IAph2007 13.701.

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